Sentences with phrase «large oil companies based»

Large oil companies based in the US, and UK, and France - known as the «oil majors» - cumulatively control, at most, 15 to 20 % of proven global oil reserves, while nationalized oil companies control the remainder.

Enron was a large oil company based in Houston, Texas who were known for their extremely complicated business model and indecipherable accounting techniques.

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California Resources Corporation is the largest oil and natural gas exploration and production company in California on a gross - operated basis.

Large oil companies like ExxonMobil, which in 2011 earned more than $ 40 billion, make no hiring or firing decisions based on government handouts, but startup green - energy companies will hire more engineers and technicians, more marketing professionals and managers if governments invest in them.

Everyone from medical equipment suppliers to software producers to food services companies — all of these sectors service the oil and gas industry, and many of the largest happen to be based in the U.S.

One included a $ 750 million contract to a Chicago - based company for work on Exxon's huge Kearl Oil Sands project, one of the largest it has anywhere in the world.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

The largest detractor from performance for the quarter and past twelve months was Apache, the U.S. - based oil and gas exploration and production company.

Apache, a U.S. - based leading oil and gas exploration and production company, was the largest detractor for the quarter, declining 19 %.

Buffett's company had about 1.28 million shares of Exxon, the world's largest oil company, as of Sept. 30, Omaha, Nebraska - based Berkshire said today in a regulatory filing disclosing U.S. equity investments.

The Fund's top contributor for the quarter was a U.S. technology company, while the largest detractor was a U.S. - based oil and gas exploration and production company.

The Fund's top contributor for the quarter was a Swiss luxury goods company, while the largest detractor was a U.S. - based global oil and gas exploration company.

The top contributor for the quarter was a U.S. - based technology company, and the largest detractor was a U.S. - based oil and gas exploration and production company.

When diving into the valuation ratios based on trailing earnings and free cash flow, the energy sector offered a choice was between E&P and Integrated oil companies that had sustained large drops in their earnings, and Refiners who had an earnings yield close to 12 %, and had seen an uptick in earnings.

L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics company, and Switzerland - based Barry Callebaut, the global leading supplier of high - quality chocolate and cocoa products, have joined existing POIG members like Ferrero and Danone in their commitments to drive truly responsible palm oil production.

Murray's largest donation was $ 10,000 from Morton S. Bouchard, president and CEO of Melville - based Bouchard Transportation, an oil barging company.

The 10 largest publicly - listed Malaysian companies based on sales for 2009 that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: Rank Company Industry Sales ($ bil) 1 Sime Darby Conglomerates 8.82 2 Tenaga Nasional Utilities 8.17 3 Petronas Dagangan Oil & Gas Operations 6.69 4 Maybank Banking 4.63 5 MISC Transportation 4.33...

``... the company [Exxon Mobil], the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

Leggett, who is also non-executive chairman of London - based financial think tank Carbon Tracker, asked Williams after the dinner if he was concerned the investment would become stranded; that within five decades the world would no longer need what Canada's largest oil company had to offer.

Our council — including top companies in the power, manufacturing, transportation, high - tech, oil and gas, finance, and other sectors — is the largest U.S. - based group of companies devoted solely to addressing climate change.

A sizable portion of Klein's funds come from the IPOC Group, an international growth fund owned by Russian minister of telecommunications and Putin friend Leonid Reiman; Spectrum Partners, a Moscow - based energy investment firm with major assets in Russian oil and gas; Rosneft, the Russian - government - owned oil and gas giant that is one of Wakefield's largest clients; and other Russian companies.

At the same time, the company, the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

According to Chambers USA 2015, Thompson & Knight has «an enviable client base,» which includes the four largest US airlines, two of the largest medical device companies in the world, 13 of the 20 largest US oil and gas exploration and production companies, and the largest real estate investment trust in the world, among others.

Our LNG team provides legal counsel in connection with projects involving national oil companies, international energy concerns, liquefaction projects (small and large scale), LNG marketing companies, transportation and marine businesses, U.S. - based power generators, gas utilities and industrial users.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Considered to be the energy capital of the world, five of the six super major energy companies maintain a large base of operations in Houston which www.resumewritingservice.biz wants to draw your attention to (international headquarters of ConocoPhillips; US operational headquarters of Exxon - Mobil; US headquarters for international companies Shell Oil (US subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell located in London and The Hague, Netherlands), and BP whose international headquarters are in London, England.

Back in 1986, Dallas - based Fischer & Co. was asked to create a lease management database system for Sun Oil, and the company has been developing custom database software for large firms holding real estate ever since.